1. Healthwatch England publishes Annual Report

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    People's real life experiences of NHS and social care set out in new report to MPs

  2. Registering with your GP: understanding your rights

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    People have told us they can have problems registering with a GP. This article explains more about your rights and what do to if you are refused the right to register.

  3. Where can I go to get help for my health out of hours?

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    Health issues unfortunately don't leave us alone at the weekend and people are often in need of medical assistance out of hours. Using NHS guidelines, we have provided some advice and information on where you can go for help when your GP is closed.

  4. Do you need help getting to hospital?

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    Find out what support is available to help you travel to your hospital appointments.

  5. What should you expect when it comes to care for your teeth?

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    Four questions staff should ask you or a loved one about your oral health if you’re a care home resident, according to the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence quick guide.

  6. Thinking about end of life care for you and your family

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    End of life care is support for people who are in the last months or years of their life. The guidance on the NHS website helps you know what to expect, how to plan ahead and how to manage your day to day decisions.

  7. Accessibility checklist for GP surgeries

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    Help make sure that your practice meets people’s accessibility requirements using this checklist from Healthwatch Slough.

  8. Where can I go for support for my mental health as a parent?

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    We've pulled together a number of services for parents in need of support for their mental health. Read more to find out where you can go to get the help you need.

  9. Seven pieces of information that you should expect to receive after being diagnosed with dementia

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    Take a look at the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence's (NICE) quick guide to discussing and planning support following a dementia diagnosis.

  10. Do you need help travelling to NHS services?

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    Find out what support is available to help you when travelling to your GP, hospital or other NHS services.

  11. Weston Hospital CQC Inspection

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    The inspections – which are carried out by a mixture of inspectors, clinicians, and experts by experience – will assess whether the service overall is: safe, effective, caring, responsive to people’s needs and well-led.

  12. Tell us about your care - CQC announces partnership with The Silver Line

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    The Care Quality Commission (CQC) is today marking the launch of a new partnership with The Silver Line helpline to help reach out to even more elderly people who are cared for in their homes and in residential care.

  13. Independent report demands action on care of people with learning disabilities

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    NHS England have published an independent report into the future care of people with learning disabilities.

  14. Intelligent monitoring of GP practices

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    In the Care Quality Commissioning’s intelligent monitoring work, they use readily available national data sets for NHS GP practices relating to important areas of care.

  15. University Hospitals Bristol & Weston merger complete

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    An update about the merger between Weston Area Health NHS Trust (WAHT) and University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust (UH Bristol), which took place on 1 April 2020.

  16. Self Report App for COVID 19

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    Use this Self-Report App to help Kings College London scientists understand Covid-19

  17. Coronavirus - Translations available

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    Latest NHS Coronavirus Guidance | Over 30 Translations Now Available

  18. Coronavirus FAQs

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    Coronavirus FAQs on the right way to protect yourself and loved ones

    Information taken from gov.uk

  19. Scam over COVID 19 tax refund

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    Avon and Somerset Police have today advised us that there is a scam email over Covid19 tax refund

  20. Coronavirus support from your Healthwatch team

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    Coronavirus Support From Your Healthwatch Team

  21. Your feedback can make a difference

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    See our new video of how we can use your feedback to make a difference

  22. Castlewood Phone lines

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    The phone lines at Castlewood are currently down.

  23. Community Action to help with COVID 19 relief

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    Neighbourhood Watch highlights 10 ways to protect yourself, your loved ones and your community in the event of an ourbreak:

  24. Three pronged attack to prevent the spread of Coronavirus

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    Catch it.
    Bin it
    Kill it

  25. SEN strategy and top funding changes

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    SEN strategy and Top Up Funding changes – have your views heard!

  26. Pier Health seeking patient feedback

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    Pier Health seeking patient feedback on making appointments at Weston surgeries

  27. Mental Health Services - where to go

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    Where to go over he Christmas period. Please see the below document for advice and information about who to contact if you need mental health services over Christmas 2019

  28. Weston Hospital CQC report

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    Weston Hospital CQC report was released on December 17th 2019.

  29. Digital Champions Report

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    Our Digital Champions report has now been published

  30. Campaign to prevent suicide

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    Healthwatch is supporting a new campaign to help prevent suicide from Shine On

  31. We need your views

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    We welcomed the public to our AGM on October 29th with two speakers from Sirona and North Somerset Council’s Public Health department.

  32. Speak up on what matters to you

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    Speak up on what matters to you about health services

  33. Our next digital event

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    Grab your chance to Go Digital when Healthwatch runs its next free session with Portishead GP surgery, Harbourside.

  34. Surprise Award for our Chair

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    Healthwatch North Somerset board chair, Georgie Bigg, wins surprise award for supporting NSCP’s community work

  35. Let's get digital

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    Our team has run a pilot Digital Inclusion project to give people the confidence to go online to access a range of health services.

  36. Weston A&E Closures overnight

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    A decision on whether to make the temporary overnight closure of Weston A&E permanent will be made by the local NHS commissioning group next Tuesday (October 1).

  37. Raising awareness of diversity

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    A trans health survey carried out by The Diversity Trust and supported by HWNS found that 51 per cent of trans and non-binary patients had self-harmed or injured themselves and 40 per cent had attempted to take their own life.

  38. Date of closure for Clarence Park Surgery

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    Clarence Park surgery will close on September 23 and services will then move to Graham Road the next day, Pier Health has confirmed.

  39. Community Approach to health and well being

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    A community led approach to health and wellbeing being explored in Weston-super-Mare

  40. New service to treat Mental Health in North Somerset

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    New service to treat mental health conditions now up and running

  41. The public view's published

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    The public’s views published on changes proposed for Weston Hospital in Healthy Weston consultation

  42. Hospital Passport

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    The hospital passport system operating in North Somerset is designed to help people with learning disabilities receive the right kind of care and treatment by hospital staff

  43. Better access to adult community health services

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    The NHS has confirmed Sirona Care & Health as the new provider of innovative adult community services in a new contract for Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire.

  44. Newsletter from Pier Health

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    Pier Health has published its first newsletter to explain what is happening at Graham Road and Clarence Park surgeries since it took over the running of the practices in June.

  45. AGM for University Hospital Bristol

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    The public are welcomed to the Annual General Meeting for University Hospitals Bristol

  46. New mentoring scheme for Diabetes patients in Nailsea

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    The community hub in Nailsea, Number 65, has set up a new project to help people with diabetes stay active and well.

  47. Help shape the future of primary care

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    There are just a few days left to have your say on the future of primary care in the region.

  48. Riverbank surgery to relocate to St George

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    A message from The Mendip Vale Group - special note to patients

  49. How the public would improve the NHS

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    Read about what the public would do to make the NHS better over the next 10 years!

  50. How you can be the co-creator of your own health

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    The Government has recently published its Green Paper on how our health care in the 2020s will be “proactive, predictive, and allow for personalised prevention.”